Thursday, August 25, 2005
24 AUGUST 2005
Enemy
Chicago, IL
with:
Aids Wolf
Carlos Giffoni
Panicsville
BLOODYMINDED
Ed Knigge – Synth + Vocals
Chris Mack – Synth
Isidro Reyes – Synth
Mark Solotroff – Vocals + Synth
01. “LAKE STREET”
02. “MIND THE GAP”
03. “SHIVERY”
04. “TROPHY”
05. “AS IF”
06. “CHALK EATER”
07. “ORGANIZATION”
08. “ANGEL OF DARKNESS”
09. “THE POSSIBILITY OF LIFE’S DESTRUCTION” (Discharge)
10. “PRO-ANA”
11. “PRO-MIA”
12. (PROVISIONALLY TITLED) “VISITING AN EX-GIRLFRIEND IN THE HOSPITAL – AIDS WARD”
13. “BECOMING AN ANIMAL”
14. “PORN LORDS”
15. “A SONG FOR LISANNE, A YOUNG MODEL”
16. “TEN SUICIDES”
17. “MANTRA”
A sizeable, diverse audience climbed the steps to Enemy last night, which was great to see, and I think that a few of the Burberry-toting girls in the crowd might have mistakenly come in thinking that they were at the Institute show that was down the street at the packed Double Door, unrewardingly looking around the space for a glimpse of Gavin Rossdale.
After a quick shirt change by Andy Ortmann from one peculiar vintage short-sleeve button-up to another, Panicsville started things off, coming out as a two-piece, with Jeremy Fisher back in the fold – and back on the Sparks – whacking out a beat on some kind of Fisher-Price-type device, while Andy, bathed in the glow of a laptop – not his – worked the MS-20 to great effect.
I do not get it; we pared down our set list a bit, and we kept it full of blast songs, but somehow we still went over 26 minutes. I thought that this was a sub-20-minute set, for sure. Oh well, there was good audience energy and response, so fuck it. Maybe we will strip it down even more for next week’s show at Nihilist. We tried out two songs from “Gift Givers” that we have never done live before – “Organization” and “Ten Suicides” – with the later one working out better in my opinion. The great PA definitely worked to our advantage, as things sounded crystal-clear to all of us.
Mr. No Fun Carlos Giffoni came on after us and created a thick wall of sound with an interesting pairing of a laptop and a totally cute little custom made analog synth (along with various other gadgets), which really benefited from the big bass-box that the space had. His sound heated up to a point that he overloaded and took out one of the Mackie powered speakers for about ten minutes, but happily, it came back on as he wrapped up a solid set of heavy electronics.
Aids Wolf ended the night with a raw set of chaotic, noisy punk that benefited from the energetic audience. The almost soothing didgeridoo introduction was no indication of the spastic whirlwind that was to follow. Super-nice folks, too. Make sure that you check them out in your hometown.
Thanks to Jason - and to Eric - for having this show at Enemy. Thanks to Andy for organizing it and for including us. Thanks to Carlos and Aids Wolf for passing through Chicago, and for the kind words about our show. Likewise to Mark from Kitty Play Records --- if you do not already have the Vegas Martyrs 7” that he put out, then act quickly. Thanks, as always, to Marlene and to Vanessa, for catching our performance on videotape. Thanks to our friends who have been so supportive at our shows. Sniffle-sniffle.
